This may be just something that is hard-coded in Word, then. Sorry I can't
be more helpful.

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"CharWhite" wrote in message
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I SPOKE TOO SOON! The files just reverted to alphabetical.
I looked for Acrobat 7, but don't seem to have that version, so that's not
the problem. I've done the "set view" in Explorer.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This is something I guess I wouldn't notice so much because (a) I keep
Word
open all day, and (b) I *want* the files to be listed alphabetically.
I'm
guessing it still comes back to being a Windows setting. In Windows
Explorer, in Tools | Folder Options | View, there is a button to set the
view in all other folders Like Current Folder. This is probably tied, or
at
least related, to the Tools | Folder Options | View option to "Remember
each
folder's View settings," which seems to work in Explorer but doesn't
affect
Word (I use Details or Thumbnails in all Explorer folders, but List in
Word).

It's also possible that Word isn't saving your settings either because
the
Word Data key in the Registry is damaged (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm) or because an
add-in is messing with your settings. For example, if you have Acrobat 7
installed, see the last part of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

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"CharWhite" wrote in message
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I tried rearranging the files in Excel, and it set the Word files,
too, by
date. But when I exited and returned the Word files were back to
alphabetical. Grrrr.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

All I can say is that when I sort files by date in Excel, I notice
that
Word
then has them in date order even though I prefer alphabetical.

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"CharWhite" wrote in message
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Thanks - didn't work! Windows Explorer kept the "by date" sort,
but
Word
reverted again to alphabetical.
Help???

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This is a Windows setting. Have you changed it in Windows
Explorer
or in
another application?

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"CharWhite" wrote in
message
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I arrange files in Word's "open file dialog box" by descending
date
(views,
details, click date twice). When I re-open Word, the files are
back in
alphabetical order. How can I make it stop messing with my fil
es!